First report of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-5 (NDM-5)-producing Escherichia coli isolates from water environment in Cameroon

• Armelle Leslie Megueya,
• Kévine Makuetche,
• Nazareno Scaccia,
• Silvia Figueiredo Costa,
• Joyce Vanessa da Silva Foncesca,
• Florence Komurian-Pradel,
• Serges Tchatchouang,
• Pierrette Simo,
• Jules Tchatchueng,
• Arsène Djoko Nono,
• Essia Ngang,
• Antoinette Ngandjio,
• Ariane Nzouankeu

Affiliations

Armelle Leslie Megueya

Department of Hygiene and Environment Microbiology Section, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon; Department of Microbiology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Kévine Makuetche

Department of Hygiene and Environment Microbiology Section, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon; Department of Microbiology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Nazareno Scaccia

LIM-49, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Silvia Figueiredo Costa

LIM-49, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Joyce Vanessa da Silva Foncesca

LIM-49, Department of Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Florence Komurian-Pradel

Fondation Mérieux, France

Serges Tchatchouang

Department of Bacteriology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

Pierrette Simo

Department of Bacteriology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

Jules Tchatchueng

Department of Epidemiology, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

Arsène Djoko Nono

Department of Hygiene and Environment Microbiology Section, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon

Essia Ngang

Department of Microbiology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Antoinette Ngandjio

Mott MacDonald – Fleming Fund, Accra, Ghana

Ariane Nzouankeu

Department of Hygiene and Environment Microbiology Section, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon; Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, P.O. Box 1274, Yaounde, Cameroun.